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The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Marshall p. wildcr's Mimicry.

Mr.. Wilder supplemented this scientific ex-
lihition of his supernatural powers with one
of his inimitable parlor entertainments, Civ
ing limitations of the telephone, including the
frying sound while Central is making coll
n%ections, and bits of dialogue, illustr - by
his wonderful face in such a way that Wilder
completely disappeared and the character he
portrayed stood alone. He concluded his en-
tcrtaimment by giving all original play in
three acts, which merits serious consideration
by our managers:
Act Young girl, beautiful, blue eyed and
strawberry blonde, is seen weeping at tho
front gate of a p~alatial mausion i'll Hoboken.
She discloses the sad story of her hcurt-she
had inadvertently eaten onions the day
before, and her lover, the hero, has left her
more in sorrow than in wrath. What is to
become of their beautiful ancestral home,
built last April! Alas. rent day is at hand,
and nothing but one pnltry hundred dollar
bill l~ies!,etwecn the family and ruin. What
shall She do-wllat shall she do:
Enter tho villain, lila, ha! you vas
ssornel my pro,les,lati"ns of huff, und now
py chiminy pcesvaX, l got der CLAMPS on you,
tond it," Sllo falls to her knees; she begs,
she cntreats. He is unmoved. "Vherc is
your fnlder:' lie tllulldcrs. Alas, shc knows,
but cannot tell. IIor father cannot return
for three hours, for he las gone out to wind
up his Waterbury watch. But will he not
show mercy. The villain dcmurs. "Giif me
Won giss vrom does lupy lips und"- She
breaks from him with Il mailcn's scorn; she
flies, be vursues; no help is at hand; at last
he ovcrtakcs her. and, despite her piteous cries
and frenzicd cntreatics, kisses her squarely on
the mouth with Il regular, three ply Weellaw-
ken tunnel kiss.
My She says, show you scared me.
Scare me again, please. New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
A Pathetic Incident,

A few weeks ago i'll this city a poor widow
died, leaving ono child, u little lame hoy, to
tho cold charities of the world.
After his mothers funeral the littls fellow
was taken i'll from tho combined results of
grief and neglect, and it was then evident
that he would soon be united to his only
friend.
He was left alone much Of tho day, there
being no one who could spare the time to stay
with him. 1t Vas often noticed that tho
voices of two persons could DO heard i'll his
little room. But when those in charge entered
he would BIO alone md apparently asleep.
One day they listened, being quite sure that
no ono was with the child, and they overheard
this strange monologue:
SIS you rite there, mammal"
Eyes, my little boy, 1 is rite hero"
WAS you went way yeti"
II vented buck to heaven to tell God about
my little boy.'
Did you was afraid, mammal"
$40, my own little boy, cause God is niccr'n
peoples"
Did you told Him about me, mannna%
II folded Him l had o lttlo boy named
Hurry-an'-an'"-
There was n loud noise of sobbing then, and
the listener without cried, too. Presently tho
child's voice resumed:
"Did you told God To let mo como up there,
mammal"
YES, my boy, an he said 'Bimo by, bine
~"
. mamma, Observation-Disclosures
AMI want to como an stay %with-you-
an'-God."
There was q long silence then, broken by
no cry or sob. The listeners went in after re
solving in their hearts to be thereafter very
patient with the motherless one.
But death had been kinder than they.-De
trOit FREQ Press.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
ALL SORTS.

The balloon for the Paris exhibition of 1889
will carry up 100 persons.
An average election campaign in Now
York city costs the candidates or their sup
porters about 100000.
In the New York snb-treasury 220, 900 silver
dollars passed through the hands of tho clerks
i'll one day for the purpose of redemption.
a little book containing a short letter i'll
Latin, written by Christopher Columbus,
was sold ut auction in Cologne the other day
for 81 900.
1t was a smart Philadelphia boy who, when
asked how far the presidents would reach if
they stood in q row, answered: "From Wash
ington to Cleveland"
1t is estimated that locomotive whistling
costs tho Now York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad, i'll loss of steam, SIS, 900 n year.
This appears to be paying pretty dearly for
tho whistle.
Postmaster l.. Davis, of tho town Of Solar,
Jackson county, His, receives the moderate
salary of ten cents n year. Tho postmaster OF
Peck, Ills, got thirty cents last year, while
the postmaster of Lear, Ark, got thirty-ono
cents.
In California the railroads nave three
classes of coaches, with dress rs n distinction.
First class means elegant coaches, where " ell
dressed people only arc allowed; second class
for men of ordinary or rough dress, and third
class for Cinnamon and Negroes.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Up Stairs. Down Stairs. in Kitchen and
in the Iadv,s porlor.

"A very pretty and effective wall covering
mayb made of chintz. The decorative effect
produced would be especially suitable for bed
rooms. In choosing the design select u pat
tern that is quite simple. For a bedroom, q
pattern Of light ground, with small pale blue
flowers, would be good, or, if holder figures
are preferred, floral designs of neutral pinlss
and yellows are very appropriate. In a gen.
eral way, upright and lateral stripes should
be avoided. When a light room is not de-
sired, the designs in chintz suggesting tapestry
will do extremely well. The coloring in these
is usually good.
A safe way Of hanging the chintz is to
stretch it on frames, as upholsterers do tapes
try; but if the amateur decorator does not care
to go to the trouble and expense of frames,
the stuff, says Art Amateur, may be tackled
on the walls, using ornamental nails and
gimps to secure the points. A dado, wall
covering and fricze may be made of three
different chintzes, using practically the same
colors throughout, the dado being the darkest
and plainest of the three. Instead of gimp
and ornamental tacks, strips of bamboo split
in half may be used to break the joints, and
might be employed at the top and bottom of
the wall covering, in order to finish it neatly.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
FASHIONS FOR THE DEAD.
How the Customs of Dressing for til
Grave Have Been Changed,

How the Customs of Dressing for tho
Grave Have Been Changed.
There have been within the last few years
many marked changes in the conduct and in
the accessories of funerals. The changes have
been brought by influences not clearly de-
tinabie. One old lady who died not long ago
lay in her narrow caslet ROBBED in a pilgrim
suit of brown broadcloth, the cape covering
her shoulders and slnrnken form, and a
girdle holding the gathers about the waist.
4 small, close, little felt bonnet was Worn,
and the infusion of some chemical gave the
face a most lifelike appearance. a favorite
funeral gown is the modified Greek dress,
such as Mary Anderson, Miss Eastlake md
Ellen Terry nave been seen in. These outfits
are made without trimming, possibly girdle
OF braided cape being used us II finish. Tho
fabric used is some fine flannel or worsted
cloth of a yellowish white color.
Not two years ago the wife of a rich young
west slider Wa dressed i'll Il facsimile cos.
tune of that Worn 10y Viola Allen i'll "Nir-
ginius.' Her sickness had been Very brief,
and when the final summons came the
body retained its lovely round contour. In
the coffin the arms and neck We're bare, the
yellow hair was arranged i'll loose ringlets
ABOUT tne race. ana Il netkloce OF pearl DeatS
encircled the throat.
The winding sheet has been revived, and if
the rulnor one gives ear to can be credited
some very prominent people will wrap the
drapery of their couch about them when
they go hence. The quotation is hardly
pertinent, for i'll place of the cold, white
winding sheet of the sailor boy plaid Of
white billiard cloth, made after the style OF
Sir John Moore's sable robe, is considered the
thing. SO far the winding sheet has beer
used in Chicago at the bier of young men
and then the funeral services have been con
llctel with great privacy.
Another innovation at funerals is til,
evening OF vespcr burial. Services nre hell
at the residence late i'll the afternoon, tn,
friends retire Immediately afterwmd and a
nightfall the coffin is placed in the under
takers carriage and driven to the vault, fol
lowed by a single coupe. This programme j
becoming very general in west side circle
and is preferred to any other arrangement
when the remains are taken out of the cit,
for buriul.-Inter Ocean.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
OFFICIAL FEMININE BEAUTY.
How tho Gushing Washington Corr,

How tho Gushing Washington Core.
spomdents Overpaint Their Pictures.
1t is not always safe to accept the descrip-
tons of the society correspondents at WASH
ington literally. The standards of Judgment
there are not precisely the same as elsewhere,
and loneliness is considered Us going as a mat
ter of course with certain positions. For in
stance, q congressman may be ugly or good
looking, able OF weak, honest or knavish;
but a congressman's wife is ex-oficio lovely;
and though various congressman with all sorts
Of wives, old and young, brown and blonde,
tall and short, sweet and shrewish, come and
go, the ideal wife of the congressman remains
tho same, and i'll the eyes of the correspond
ent she is always lovely.
In this way, too, tho senator's wife is cx-
oficio exquisitely lovely. Tho wives of the
supreme court judges, the foreign represen-
tatives and the cabinet ministers, are cx-oficio
%entrancingly lovely. AS for tho presidents
wife she is ex-ot1icio "beyond all whooping,"
to use u Shakesperian phrase. Language is
inadequate to express her ~lovelinesS. 1t is
the failure of the average citizen to apprc-
ciate this treatment of beauty US an official
attribute that leads to the disappointment of
many visitors ut Washington. They 60 cx-
pecting to see visions of feminine lovcliness
floating about the streets of the national
capital. In their fancy, it is peopled with
beauty like Armida's garden or the enchanted
sland of Camoens, or the paradise of Ma.
bonnet. They have heard of at least fifty wo-
men who walk with the grace of Diane of
Poictiels, 100 who have inherited the Witch
ing smile of Ninon de IEnclos, $50 who have
found the lost arms of the Venus of Milo, 200
with tho persuasive charms of Phrync-and
SO on through tho long catalogue of profess
sional beauties of history, art and poetry.
But the imaginative tourist finds little i'll
the reality to justify his anticipations. The
gay and festive ladies of the society cor
respondent generally appear to his unskillcd
eye as sensible, middle aged, or elderly wo-
men. The 1.-THE, tho graceful, the sinuous,
the svelte. the luminous eyed, the full
bosomed danes that are metamorploscd into
very ordinary people connected by marriage
with tie men that, for the time being, arc
running the government.-Rochester Post
EXDreSS.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
ABOUT WOMEN.
In India there are four female missionaries
to every 100000 of ONE

In India there are four female missionaries
to every 100000 of women.
There are IS, 7O6 more women than men in
Massachusetts, and the surplus in Boston is 49,
0e9.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has taken q
house in London until the Easter holidays are
over.
Mrs. Cleveland has been enjoying a visit
from her former schoolmate and confidential
friend, Miss Jclt, of New York.
a young woman of Detroit who recently
Inherited S250,000, has refused thirty offers
of marriage in the last three months.
Miss Ethel Dickens, grand daughter Of
Charles Dickens, has started a typewriting
office for the copying of parts and prompt
books.
At a typewriter contest in New York last
week one contestant, Miss NJ. c. Grant, is said
to ave written SA words in four minutes and
forty-two seconds.
Tho widow of Garibaldi lives in a quiet
street of Turin, the walls of her little parlor
covered with flags, medals and other memen-
toes of the dead hero.
Miss Elsie de Wolfe, one of New York's
AAASSS dlS lSllCSoSS IL o<1lo W uc
going on tho professional stage a In Mrs.
James Brown Potter.
Princess Mary, OF Cambridge, Queen Vic
toria,s cousin, and the wife Of the impecunious
Duke of Teck, is so popular i'll England that
she is called 1.-The Queen of Hearts,"
Queen Ranavalona III. of Madagascar is u
bravo young woman, only % years of age,
and is said to be q sincere Christian. About
100000 of her people also profess the Chris
tian religion.
Evelyn college for young women, which is
to be under the direction of Princeton profess
sors, is to be opened soon. Rev. DR.. McCosh
will be president and his two daughters will
act as principals.
Mrs. Amanda Greeley, n sister of the late
Horace Greeley, is living in Warren county,
Pa. Sho is 70 years old, and was married to
her cousin, Lowell Greeley, who has been
dead some years. Sho was recently stricken
with paralysis.
Mrs. Toomey, n childless widow, is one of
the richest women in P%ittsburg. She is over
60 years old, lives in ono room, does all her
own work, including the care of her room
and the collecting of her rents. AT the death
of her husband his property was worth not
less han $40 Oo, 900.
The Society for tho Collegiate Instruction
of Women. familiarly known us the Harvard
Annex, shows TINT during the past collegiate
year thirty-two colleges and schools have sent
women to the Annex. The number has been
sevcnty-three-eightcen more than for the
previous year. a share in tho increase is at.
tributed to having q building for its sole use.
There is all increasing demand for teachers
trained in the Harvard methods.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Hints for Easter.

1t is taken for granted that every mother
in the land knows how to color eggs for Eas-
ter, but if by chance ignorance on this sub
ject does exist, it is suggested that analinc
dyes-for sale in all drug stores at small
cost-be resorted to. Directions come with
these dyes. In localities where even these
may not be obtained the eggs may be deco
rated by tying up i'll bits OF colorcd calico
and boiling until the color has left the calico
to make its impress on the eggs.
The Martha Washington Easter Souve-
Mrs" delight children and are easily made.
Draw on an egg shell that has been relieved
of its contents a face. Next paste on a high
crowned bonnet made of tissue paper and
finish The bottom with a wide plated high
paper collar.
A pleasant surprise to children consists of a
blown egg shell filed with tiny chocolate and
cream drops or other confectionery, the
opening Of tho tops where the candy is put i'll
being sealed over, with q colored picture or a
ribbon bow.
Another Easter delight consists of small
cakes in form of eggs merely frosted over
with icing.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
NURSERY TABLE WITH BATH.

This table, with lid and bath set in, may be
made of white deal inside. The height of the
table here illustrated is2115 feet, the length is
81 feet and the width q little less than 9 feet.
An edge Q inches high goes around the top of
the table. This and the top itself are covered
with zinc cut out 2 feet "a inches long and /
foot wide in tho middle, to hold a bath foot
So inches deep. The water in the bath can
be let out through a hole in tie bottom into a
tub or other vessel placed underneath and
stopped with n cork when required. The lid,
fastened to the table part with hinges, may
lie turned down when the baby has had its
bath; on a mattress placed over this the child
can be laid and partly dressed, the rim of the
table, ~ inches high at the back ard 81
inches on each side, preventing the mattress
from slipping off. Curtains drawn through
brass rods fastened on with rings screwed in
and each 63 inches wide and 2135 long, edged
with frill of the same material 2 inches wide,
Topped back with cord, finish the lower part
of the table. This convenient arrangement
may be made as plain or decorative as is de-
sired.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Saved the Hole.

When Gen. Wilder in 1852, from the north
bank of the river, shcllel Chattanooga, his
principal target was the Baptist church,
which stood in the same spot now occupied
by the sanctuary of the First Baptist society.
Services We're being held i'll it at the time, and
the congrcgation dispersed without waiting for
the benediction. The house was directly in
range and the first shell struck it, making a
hole in the clapboards. In all the years since
the aperture has not been filled or covered.
Lately repairs we're made on the residence,
and the little hole was given to w. A. Wool
fon according to an old promise. The re-
ceiver cut out three pieces Of the siding and
put them ia their respective placesin a frame.
chattanooga Paper.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Filtered Water,

Filtered water is usually regarded as a
luxury, vet it would he we'll if it were in
Guided among the necessities of every well
ordered household. Much sickness, of which
the origin seems wrapped in mystery, would
undoubtedly be avertedby the use of none but
filtered water. Water may be most inviting
to tho eye and agreeable to the taste and yet
contain the germs of diseases that may term
mate our existence or make it chronic misery.
When it is not practicable to filter the water
used for drinking purposes, if there is any
doubt about its purity, boil it and let it cool
before using.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Cat and

From a private letter | quote: II have a
handsome black cat and my wifc's sister las
Il canary. Noticing that Mr.. Thomas APP
peared to desire a closer acquaintance with
the bird than could he induced by his love Of
music and fearing that he might get at The
bird, l placed an electrical machine on q
table unlel the cage, 50 arranged that one
touciling is top would receive Il shock. Then
put a chair near the table, and retired to
watch the result. Presently Tom slyly adj
vanccl to the chair, jumped into it, and
thence to the topof the machine, Immediately
to spring into the air with IL terrible cry and
rush from the room. After that he gave no
attention to the canary. Indeed for weeks,
nothing would induce him to enter the room
where he was so shocked.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Handsome Rugs.

Very handsome are some newly imported
Chinese Angora rugs of a rich, creamy white,
the hair very thick, fine, silky and waved.
These rugs, 6 by s feet in dimensions.
cost something like So each. Smaller
ones, in squares, cost about sl.75, and
are very handsome to lay before book
shelves or easy chairs. The larger ones
are very handsome for the tireplaces ard for
the polished floors of halls. 1t is claimed that
these rugs dye beautifully and clean easily.
In new Smyrnas of domestic manufacture q
novelty in designs is the woven imitation
Of ar outspread tiger skin on q garnet ground.
At a short distance the deception is very COM
nlata
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Save the Feathers.

Do not throw away hen and turkey feath-
ers, but strip up the two side plumes from the
stems, throw into a bag, close the mouth of
the bag and rub hard between the hands or on
q wash board. The stripped plumes will mass
together forming a delicate downy substance,
with a sufficient quantity of which can be
regular elder down one.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
In March.

Blow. winds Of March. ye Lrtezcs blowl
You have my full permission;
Eu. give us, once q week or SO,
A little integmission.
Just howl around and raise the dust,
Il wish 1 had your poworD
Blow twenty ways, too, if You must,
Within q single hour.
Play havoc with the ladies' skirts,
Defy them to keep warm
You may convince the saucy firts
There's good in dress reform.
Then blow, we brcezcs, wildly blow.
From northeast to southwest
But. please, once in q week or so,
Give US q little rest.
-Somerville Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Expcrimenting WIN VAR Dye.

In a sketch Of the early life of Thomas
Bailey Aldric,, u writer in st. Nicholas says
that when Thomas was quite young he saw
advertised q preparation highly recommended
for making hair grow OH bald heads. He
bought a bottle and applied it literally to an
old hair trunk, whose long residence i'll the
attic had left it very little hair. The boy
watched for results long and hopefully; but,
it is added, they were not satisfactory,-Ncw
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
LOOKING OUT.

Upon the heights of hope oil day
My soul stood looking far away.
Enwrapped in such suf1icing thought,
That even your absence counted naught.
For blue the sea of distance grew,
And clear the arching atmosphere,
Till l. could plainly see you, dear
Serene and joyous eyed and true,
And constant (as Of old l KNEW
In the far away, which now drew near.
Lily Curry in New York Graphic.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
A Convenient Nursery Table.

A nursery table that recommends itself,
being at ono and the same time convenient
and decorative, is described in The Lesson.
Tho Lid of tho table-represented in the cut as
open-when closed down covers the bath
from sight and converts the arrangement into
M ordinary dreSsiup tohIa
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Down East

Stir together one pint Of molasses. one quart
flour, one tablespoonful salt, two-thirds cup
of suet, chopped fine, one teaspoonful soda,
three pints blackberries, blueberries CT
chopped apple; boil three hours and serve
with rio. scace. Common brown bread tins
steaG quicker than SOLID n'elon molds
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
Rolls.

Take any cold mush made of corn meal,
oat meal or holminy, and knead into enough
graham -four, not too coarse, to form a dough
just stiff enough to handle with plenty Of
-four. Make into rolls from three 70 four
inches long and nearly al inch thick, then
bake in q hot oven from thirty to forty min
utes. This bread is best eaten when warm.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02

NN 0N>> OF tho good things of this
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will euro Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 80 cents, by
FOWLER & Ihhh,S..
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
A Change for tho Worse.

Tompkins-How are you. Oh, say, I will
pay YOU that hill the next time meet you!
Jolnson-You have been saying that for
months. A little change would suit me bet
ter.
Tompkins-Oh. we'll, Ill try not to meet
You any more Life.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
HNN[es

Bodies t t4ss.' s1 fr ssda5, eisy xi!s
Windy Collie, Tce,hing. Pains. or
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Acker's Baby sooth
It contains I'd Opium or Morphine,
...ence is safe. Price IS cents. Sold by
FOWLER & LANGDON
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
The Derrars of Bono.

1t is estimated that the Leggars Of Rome
receive sa,0o0,ooo @ year il Gl;ls and that eco
of them are worth from $4,000 to sa5,WO
each. y Roman who can make money by
begging is not going to work.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
The Usual Poem.

Put up the %tobogsan,
Afoot We viii jog on;
To winters eret" sports no longer VIC cling.
Though TIC weather is tickle,
Grease UP the bicycle,
There cometh = season We ~rnortals call spring.
Patch up the lawn tennis.
We canno: tell when is
The houl VT shall take of our hats to Miss S,lr:r.
Get cut the baseball bats,
And shake up the hail mats,
To give the fair dallsel a glcd welcoming.
Springfield Homestead.